Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 150: Waiting for the Right Moment
Due to Ren Zhong's suggestion, the base headquarters very carefully changed the plan for expanding operations in the second phase, and chose a contractionary strategy of resting and consolidating the results in the winter of 40, avoiding a large number of blind offensive battles, especially in local bases that did not have RPGs and other offensive weapons. They fully supplemented equipment and gathered strength in accordance with the configuration of the main regiment of the Taihang base, and at the same time launched the Yangcun model of military industry and grain production.

As a result, the strength of the Eighth Route Army's main force was not weakened after a large-scale war. Instead, after recuperation, it reached a new level in the spring of 41. The number of fully equipped main regiments reached 40, each with 3 infantry battalions, each with 3 infantry companies plus 1 firepower company, each with 3 infantry platoons plus 1 firepower platoon, and the regiment headquarters also had a direct guard company, artillery company and transport company, and some even had cavalry companies, a total of 15 or 16 companies, with a total number of more than 3000 people;

There are more than 60 second-line core regiments, each of which has 3 infantry battalions and 9 infantry companies, plus the guard company directly under the regiment headquarters, a total of 10 companies, with a total of more than 1500 people in the regiment; all of the above regiments have unified numbers from the headquarters and are equipped with radio stations provided by the headquarters for coordinated mobilization.

接下来就是地方根据地后备团100余个，通常就是2个满编步兵营（游击大队）或者3个不满编步兵营建制，6个-8个步兵连，全团人数1000余人。

In this way, the entire Eighth Route Army regular force remained at more than 40 people.

If Ren Zhong had not reminded them, after the many large-scale raids by the Japanese in 41, due to the unprecedented difficulty in supplying weapons and ammunition, the main force of the Eighth Route Army would have suffered heavy losses, and the number of troops would have been reduced to about 30. Moreover, many main regiments would have suffered heavy losses, just like Li Yunlong's independent regiment in the original time and space, where the cavalry company was wiped out and each infantry battalion suffered heavy losses and had to start all over again.

During this time and space, following Ren Zhong's suggestion and referring to the independent regiment's development model in Heyuan, after the end of the great counterattack, the headquarters adjusted the combat strategy. A part of the core regiment was divided into small units and went out to open up new bases behind enemy lines in the form of squads and platoons of armed work teams. The local reserve regiments were required to be divided into small units and go into the enemy lines in the form of county brigades and district teams to carry out guerrilla warfare and open up new fortress villages.

This not only stabbed the enemy in the heart of his heart, but also greatly alleviated the heavy food burden of the base.

The Independent Regiment was reminded of its heavy responsibility and launched the first large-scale production campaign across the regiment. In the autumn of 40, it had a bumper harvest. Among the more than 5000 acres of corn fields, more than 2000 acres were planted with high-quality and high-yield corn. With the help of organic fertilizers and the careful care of the team, the yield of high-quality and high-yield corn exceeded 1400 catties per acre, and the yield of ordinary corn also reached more than 900 catties. A total of nearly 3000 tons of corn were harvested. This alone basically solved the food problem of the Independent Regiment.

Therefore, after careful research and summary of the independent regiment’s experience, the headquarters officially promoted it to all subordinate troops!
Not only that, the experience of the base area was also passed on to the border areas, which also began to call for learning from the experience of the independent regiment and launching a self-reliant mass production movement.

Ren Zhong received this information through Jiang Chongjing. He did not expect that his suggestion would not only be adopted but also promoted in advance.

In order to better promote this matter, Ren Zhong specially searched for some information about the mass production movement in the original historical time and space in the main world, preparing to absorb the useful parts and make optimization suggestions. Who knew that after checking, he found that our ancestors paid too much bloody price.

In order to develop Jiangnan in northern Shaanxi, the troops paid a heavy price to open up wasteland in an extremely harsh natural environment. According to historical records, nearly a thousand soldiers died for various reasons in less than two months of opening up the wasteland!
Because of the lack of food, clothing and necessary tools, they rely entirely on high-intensity manual labor, sometimes working more than 10 hours a day. It's okay for a hardworking person like Li Yunlong in Yangcun, because Yangcun still has food to eat, and the heavy physical labor was originally limited to a 6-hour shift system!

In this way, during the rapid construction of Yangcun, no non-combat casualties were caused.

We must change the original time and space problem, and we cannot cause such serious losses for large-scale production. Ren Zhong thought of this, pulled himself out of dealing with various problems in the institute, and began to think about solutions in seclusion.

He could buy some food with his own money to reduce the impact of hunger, but for a group of tens of thousands of people, Ren Zhong's current ability was limited and he couldn't support such a large team.

So this can only help in emergencies but not in poverty.

Secondly, the intensity of work must be reduced. In addition to implementing a 6-hour physically demanding shift system, Ren Zhong must solve the problem of relying entirely on manpower for land reclamation and provide the reclamation team with a mechanical equipment to replace pure manual labor.

Ren Zhong initially thought of a tractor for plowing the fields. If the current research and imitation of the GAA V8 engine was successful, the biggest obstacle to developing a tractor would be removed. However, this would create a new problem. The border areas simply did not have enough fuel to drive a tractor.

Although there is oil underground in the border area, the small amount of crude oil currently obtained from drilling wells in the border area has not formed an industrialized oil refining system to convert oil into fuel, such as gasoline, kerosene, and diesel. And there is no way to solve this problem in the short term.

Therefore, the idea of ​​fuel-driven was rejected by Ren Zhong.

Apart from this, it can only be driven by electricity. As for obtaining electricity, it of course depends on the heavy-duty water flow generator. The reclamation site can be carried out along the banks of the river, which can also solve the water problem!
Thinking of this, Ren Zhong found several small rotary tillers on the Internet as references, and it seemed possible to use electric motors instead of diesel engines. After converting these data, Ren Zhong reprinted them into black and white pictures and handed them over to the mechanical designers to further improve the design.

After discussion, the design of the electric rotary tiller, which was renamed Nong 100, was quickly completed.

After working day and night, the production workshop finally produced the first Nong 100 half a month later. After a long trial, it was confirmed that under the soil conditions in northern Shaanxi, Nong 100 can loosen the soil more than 30 centimeters. One person operating the machine can loosen the soil of nearly 2 acres per hour.

Taking into account the arrangement of wires, two people can be formed into a group, one person is responsible for organizing the wires, and the other is responsible for operating the Nong 100 to loosen the land. In this way, the day is divided into two shifts and work 12 hours a day. One Nong 100 can reclaim 24 acres of land!
Compared with manual labor, this efficiency is so much better! It is totally different. If 100 machines are produced, 2400 acres of land can be reclaimed in one day, and only more than 400 people are needed.

Of course, as a power supply, at least 100 or more 20KW water flow generators are needed for these 50 agricultural machines!

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